SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Biomedical Communications

Staff

John Zubrovich - Director, Department of Biomedical Communications

I am proud to offer support and services of our creative and talented Biomedical Communications
Staff to the SUNY Downstate Medical Center Community.

During my quarter of a century tenure at Downstate we have continually improved the
technological infrastructure of our department. I have witnessed over the years exceptional
teaching, ground-breaking research and superior patient care at SUNY Downstate. My
highest priority will be to continue facilitating the advancement of communication
solutions to our institution.

Brooklyn College, City University of New York

Aaron Cormier - Web Development

Mr. Cormier has a diverse background in photography, graphics, as well as standards
compliant coding and web design – adding a skilled technical ability to the web development
services offered to Downstate Medical Center. Customer service has always been a part
of his day-to-day routine, so sitting with clients interested in making a web site
offers him an opportunity to perfect the editorial process and aid in content creation
and refinement. In other words, he enjoys making a great web site that gets the point
across.

Keystone College, AAPratt Institute, BFA

Louis Ebarb - Manager, Video Production & Video Conferencing Services

A resident of Brooklyn, New York, and a member of the Choctaw-Apache Tribe of Ebarb,
Louisiana, the painter Louis Ebarb draws on his complex mix of cultures to create
his images.

Working as an Abstract Expressionist in the 1960s, he studied painting at Pratt Institute
where his style reflected the emerging Minimalist Movement. In 1988, Mr. Ebarb incorporated
his training in abstract art with the concepts of the American Realists of the early
twentieth century and began to document his experiences and time through his unique
rendition of Urban Realism. While the earlier American realists encountered their
images as newspaper artists, Mr. Ebarb established his style through the lens of his
still and video cameras.

His paintings have been shown at the Fraga Gallery, New Orleans, La., the Belanthi
Gallery, Brooklyn N.Y., the Temple Gallery, Vails Gate, N.Y.; the Brooklyn Waterfront
Artist Coalition's Pier Shows I, II and III and the State University of New York's
Victory Arts Gallery.

In 2007 he received two Telly awards for the video. Music Between the Notes: Reflections
on the Art of Roamre Bearden.

He continues to chronicle his time and the people who define it.

Frank Fasano - Medical Illustration/Graphics Supervisor

Mr. Fasano's training includes conceptualization and production of medical related
media including illustrations, graphics, and models. He has also trained in maxillofacial
prosthetic fabrication at both University of Illinois at Chicago and Columbia University.
His work experience includes book publishing and production, desk-top publishing and
computer graphics.

Mr Fasano is currently the medical illustration/graphics supervisor in the Department
of Biomedical Communication, where he has worked since the fall of 1996.

Master of Associated Medical ScienceUniversity of Illinois at ChicagoSchool of Biomedical and Health Information Sciences

Lila Jones - Administrative Manager

Without whom the Biomedical Communications Department would cave in on itself from
the shear force of untamed chaos.

Marcos Lainez - Photographer

A skilled portrait photography both in the studio and on location, Mr. Lainez takes
on any job that allows him to interact with people.

Ustinov Luke - Video Production

Mr. Ustinov Luke has been doing in video production since 1992 where, at Practicing
Law Institute, he first worked as freelance Audio/Video Technician. In that capacity,
Mr. Luke's job entailed mixing audio levels in the production control room, and doing
off-line editing.

In 1996 Mr. Luke joined the SUNY Biomedical Communications team, where he has and
continues to work in a variety of projects which require an equally varied array of
technical expertise. At SUNY he has worked on promotional and training videos, and
in a health cable program for which he is both camera operator and editor.

BFA, Communication ArtsSpecializing in Television ProductionNew York Institute of Technology

Sean Nurse - Graphic Designer

Sean studied Graphic Arts Production Management and Web Design at New York City College
of Technology. His work experience includes web design, application development, print
production, and desktop publishing. In addition, Sean has worked for Downstate Medical
Center as an Administrative Assistant and Medical Records Assistant while he was attending
college.

Mr Nurse is currently the Graphic & Web Designer in the Department of Biomedical Communication,
where he has worked since the fall of 2017.

Bachelors of TechnologyGraphic Arts Production ManagementNew York City College of Technology

Don Stankalis - Web Development

A native Long Islander, Don Stankalis was born in Rockville Centre and moved to Brooklyn
in 2007.

Don spent almost a quarter of a century honing his skills in personal computers, multimedia,
and web page creation at the New York Institute of Technology and then a member of
the staff of the Academic Computer Laboratory in the Dorothy Schure Old Westbury Campus.
Don was also an instructor at the Horizon weekend and Summer program also at the Old
Westbury Campus. He transferred to the Technology Based Learning Systems department
at the Central Islip Campus in 1990 and worked until the year 2000, when he started
at SUNY Downstate.

It's not often that someone gets a front ticket to a revolution, but Don was front
and center for four revolutionary events during his tenure at NYIT: The dawn of the
personal computer which gave everyone the power of simple and complex computations,
Desktop Publishing which gave everyone the ability to create professional-looking
documents, Multimedia which gave everyone the ability to edit and create videotapes
as well as computer-based presentations, and The Internet which gave everyone the
ability to access unlimited information.

Don's love of computers and model rocketry have taken him to many interesting places,
including being an instructor at the New York Hall of Science, and a lecturer at MIT's
last annual Model Rocket Convention. He is a long-time adult leader in the Boy Scouts
of America, and was presented the Silver Beaver Award in 2004.